I already said that I'm trying to watch all IMDB Top 250. Is a very relative list, as all of them are, because it depends strongly on the likings of those who vote the list, and in this case most of them are americas. This explains, by example, so many westerns so up in the list, and the fact that Cidade de Deus is not among the Top 10.But, hell, is a list as good as any to use as a guide to watch old films. Without it, by instante, I would never have seen 12 angry men. And that's a wonderful movie.I've seen already 100, the 20 first among them. Let's go with movies 11 to 20.

Star Wars... despite the 70's FX, it is still a benchmark in sci-fi cinema. It is not as good as The empire strikes back, but still.

LOTR: The return of the king was a little higher in the list, therefore I commented it already in the previous post. Despite going down a few positions, is still, acording to this list, the best movie of the XXI century.

'12 angry men' is one of the best movies I have ever seen. A real masterpiece, in script and acting.

Rear window is the Hitchcok movie higher in the list... I don't know: is very good, but I don't know if it's his best. Is very simple, and in its simplicity resides its charm, but anyway I don't found it so good as to be here.

Goodfellas, is not as good as The goodfather, is a very, very good movie, where you can notice the work of the director and the actors.

Cidade de Deus is... a Masterpiece (with capital M). If you ask me which movie is better, LOTR or Cidede de Deus, I'll say Cidade de Deus. Far better. The problem is that it is a veeery hard movie. I didn't find Schindler's list hard (c'mon, is Spielberg!), but this one... buf! It should be far higher in the list, but... is enough to notice how many people voted it, and how many voted, by example, LOTR. Is is NOT a Universal movie. Not even a PG13.

Raiders of the Lost Ark... well, is a classic, and probably the best adventures movie ever, full of gags and scenes unforgettable, that inspired lots of other movies, but... one of the 20 best movies ever? I don't think so.

LOTR: The fellowship of the ring... I beg your pardon, but no. It doesn't deserve to be here. And I loved LOTR movies, nevertheless. But this movie, just as a movie, just by its own... Apart from a couple of scenes and the cinematography... How many people do you know that never heard about LOTR before, only saw this movie, and thought it was a huge dog crap?

C'era una volta il west ain't bad. But this neverending western movies are hard for me to watch. I would give it a 7, no more.

The usual suspects is great. A wonderful script, full of twists and turns, and great actors that are up to it.

My boy: Hitchcock's best are "Psychosis" and "Birds", try to watch "Paths of glory" (Kubrick); "A very long engagement" (Jeunet); "Merry Christmas" (Carion); "Johnny gets his gun" (Trumbo) or "Al,l quiet on the western front" (Mann), are the best movies ever about the WWI.Take care